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Saturday, December 12, 2015

What's on My Bench???

Today's episode is from JETmember Gaetana Parris of Satin Doll Co. She is going to talk about something we jewelers frequently get requests to do; repairs.

From time to time, I get random pieces of broken jewelry or
just plain beads from family members. It's pieces that they may have gotten
while traveling or something they pick up in a store. With me making and
selling jewelry they find their way to me so I can fix it for them. Saves them
money and the piece gets to live another day.

That happened a couple of weeks
ago. My aunt and uncle stopped by for a visit and my aunt finally brought with
her the bracelet she has been telling me about that needed to be fixed.I would
have had a picture of what she bought me but I left her for a minute or two and
told her to hold it but, came back to a handful of beads. lol

The beads were originally
strung on with black jewelry cord. Since she's going to moving around a bit and
won't be taking it off I opted for the repair, to use durable stretch cord.

So I busted out my pliers and got to work.

I first strung up the beads and put the biggest bead in the
middle as per the original design.

I then knotted it to secure the beads. Just in case it
breaks at the beginning again, the rest won't come apart.

I then add the oblong bead and knotted the stretch cord
several times and cut the excess stretch cord.

Wallah, all done. A quick fix. Back to my auntie it goes.

Gaetana is certainly multi-talented and her family keeps her busy as her articles have shown! If you want to learn more about Gaetana, please visit her shop, Satin Doll Co.